A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

Under the grape trellis, beside the swing, and by the stone table and benches, three people sat, while six people stood around.

The six people all gaped open, looking utterly astonished.

"So this is ah!"

The junior sister looked at Lu Xiaohua with bright, sparkling eyes.

She loved these legendary stories and the women in them; such encounters were unheard of, even more captivating than the storybooks told in teahouses.

Zixia's mouth is also very big.

"So now... will you call me Master, or should I call you Mistress?"

This still made her feel a little sad.

However, she also understood in her heart that she was just a human body formed from a lamp wick and had no chance of becoming Zhang Zhengdao's legal wife. So, although she was sad, she could still accept this situation.

What Zhang Zhengdao liked most about ancient times was this aspect.

When I was reading novels with multiple female protagonists on Earth, I always imagined myself like the main characters, surrounded by women and building a large family.

The female lead and the supporting female characters all live happily together.

The female supporting characters are all closely united around the female lead, working together to maintain the male lead's large harem, and then waiting for the male lead to go out and find new sisters for them to return.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Thinking about this, Zhang Zhengdao felt that he was being a little shameless.

But that's alright, after all, it's ancient times.

Although there was a sense of guilt, there was an overwhelming sense of excitement.

Even on Earth, don't some people buy an entire building in a neighborhood to house their flock of canaries? So it seems surreal, but sometimes the surreal is reality.

However, while agonizing over this issue, she forgot about another one.

Zhang Zhengdao wanted to return to Linbin Town.

She didn't know where Linbin Town was, but what difference did it make where she lived?

When the six ghosts heard Lu Xiaohua say that she was going back to Linbin Town, they even started to look forward to it, because Lu Xiaohua had mentioned that there was a very strange female corpse in Linbin Town.

A perfect combination of soul and corpse.

This really appealed to them!

What does the Chaos Tree look like?

After struggling with the decision for several days, Zixia suddenly said to Lu Xiaohua.

Lu Xiaohua glanced at Zhang Zhengdao beside her.

Zhang Zhengdao turned his head away somewhat embarrassed. He hadn't dared to ask Lu Xiaohua for the Chaos Tree these past few days, so he had been spending the night in Zixia's room. Zixia had then submitted to him and come out to relay Zhang Zhengdao's message.

Lu Xiaohua naturally wouldn't refuse her former mentor.

So everyone saw the Chaos Tree in the courtyard.

Lu Xiaohua said, "I was going to give it to my husband in the next few days anyway, so why do I have to go through my master?" She still addressed Zixia as her master, while Zixia addressed her as her mistress.

Anyway, everyone has their own opinion.

The Chaos Tree grows in the courtyard; it's not very big, about the size of a peach tree.

There was nothing particularly strange about it.

Lu Xiaohua said, "In the chaotic universe, the Chaos Tree seems to have become very ordinary, just like an ordinary tree. So when I ascended, I did not ascend to my original Immortal Realm, but fell into this world."

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the Chaos Tree and suddenly made a gesture.

The Chaos Tree shrank, lifted up, and landed in Zhang Zhengdao's palm.

Zhang Zhengdao raised his purple-gold gourd, gave a command, and shouted, "Collect!"

The Tree of Chaos was immediately taken back into the gourd.

Lu Xiaohua was surprised and said, "Why would you put it in a gourd when it's perfectly fine?"

Zhang Zhengdao said, "My gourd is full of chaotic energy, forming its own world. When you wanted the Chaos Tree, I had nurtured it in my gourd for a long time."

That's really the case. Lu Xiaohua nodded: "It's good that you stay in the gourd. Once it can really connect us to the world we used to live in, we can go back to Linbin Town."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "That makes sense."

Suddenly, Zixia snapped, "I can't hold back anymore!"

All the ghosts looked at her.

Zixia looked at them and said, "I'm not trying to criticize you, but it's been over a month, and you've been back for a few days now. Have you thought about where the Bull Demon King is? You're just thinking about this tree all day long."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Finding the Bull Demon King is easy, isn't it?"

Lu Xiaohua laughed and said, "I knew where he was a long time ago. He escaped to Cuiyun Mountain."

Zixia was stunned.

"How did you know without even going out to ask around?"

Lu Xiaohua came over with a smile, took Zixia's hand and said, "I was able to deduce his location. It's all from the techniques I learned during my cultivation in my previous life."

Zixia: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's storm their door!"

Lu Xiaohua turned to look at Zhang Zhengdao: "Should we kill him?"

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Just kill him."

Just as they were saying this, they suddenly heard a voice coming from outside.

"Niu Xiangxiang requests an audience with her master."

Zhang Zhengdao laughed and said, "The people who are pleading for mercy have arrived."

The inn's courtyard gate opened by itself without any wind, and sure enough, a woman in a plain dress carefully and cautiously entered the courtyard. As soon as she entered, she knelt down on the ground, crying, and kept kowtowing to Zhang Zhengdao.

"Master, please spare my elder brother's life!"

After saying that, he kowtowed again.

Zhang Zhengdao said, "You shouldn't beg me, you should beg her."

He pointed to Lu Xiaohua next to him.

Niu Xiangxiang didn't recognize Lu Xiaohua or Gu Chunhua, but she immediately realized that this must be the girl that her brother, the Bull Demon King, had hurt.

He immediately kowtowed again.

"Please, Madam, spare my brother!"

She's quite perceptive; you can tell from where she sits and how the others treat her.

Lu Xiaohua laughed and said, "Since you are my husband's mount, I can spare your brother."

Niu Xiangxiang was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed.

Just as he was about to say thank you to his mistress, he heard Lu Xiaohua say, "However, he should suffer the same pain as he killed me."

"Ah? No—"

Lu Xiaohua smiled and looked at Zhang Zhengdao.

"I won't make things difficult for my husband; I'll do it myself."

As Lu Xiaohua spoke, a tiny flying sword suddenly appeared in her hand, hovering in her palm. The sword looked shorter and smaller than a chopstick.

"This is my natal flying sword. I will only strike once. If he is lucky enough to survive, I will not pursue the matter further. If he is killed by my sword, it will be considered that he has repaid the debt of karma with me."

Niu Xiangxiang: ...

If I don't plead for them, is it because they haven't thought of this yet?

But as soon as I arrived, they realized what they were doing and decided to kill my brother.

Am I asking myself if I've brought this upon my brother and gotten him killed? My face turned pale, and I trembled all over as I looked at Zhang Zhengdao, hoping he would speak on my behalf and plead for mercy.

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to help you, this is already the greatest kindness."

It's just his own mount; what face could it possibly have compared to the grudges he harbored for his wife?

"If you are dissatisfied, then leave. I cannot keep you here."

Upon hearing Zhang Zhengdao's words, Niu Xiangxiang turned pale, broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly kowtowed, saying, "Master, this servant dares not do it again. Master, just avenge the mistress. My brother was lustful and had murderous intent. He has only himself to blame and cannot blame anyone else. I just want Master not to send me away."

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and looked at Niu Xiangxiang.

He sternly rebuked, "You damned beast, how dare you question your master's affairs! If this happens again, you will not be spared. Do you understand?"

Niu Xiangxiang lay on the ground and quickly said, "Understood, Master."

Zhang Zhengdao: "Why don't you show your true form?"

Instantly, Niu Xiangxiang transformed into a huge white ox, much to the astonishment of the six ghosts, who marveled at her.

Zhang Zhengdao turned to look at Lu Xiaohua and said, "You can only deal with your own affairs now, don't worry about anything."

Lu Xiaohua smiled and said, "Okay!"

Zixia looked at Lu Xiaohua with great anticipation.

Although she used to be Lu Xiaohua's master, she now sensed that Lu Xiaohua's cultivation level might be beyond her own, and she was aware of this.

Lu Xiaohua said to the small sword floating in her palm, "Go!"

Suddenly, the small sword shot into the air with a "whoosh" and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye.

Six ghostly eyes stared at the sky, and the second senior brother said in a muffled voice, "That... is it?"

Senior Brother: "That should be it... This must be the Heavenly Escape Sword Technique from a thousand miles away, one of the immortal methods, right? It is said that the immortal Lü Dongbin also knew this move."

Lu Xiaohua said, "Lu Dongbin's Heavenly Escape Sword Technique? That's child's play!"

It was indeed just a small sword, and this little sword traversed the cloud space, arriving above Cuiyun Mountain in just a moment.

Cuiyun Mountain, Banana Cave, Princess Iron Fan's Residence.

The Bull Demon King was stuffing food into his mouth, drinking alcohol as he ate, and even cursing.

"Damn Zhang Zhengdao, damn that old lampwick man, how could he have taken on such a pathetic disciple? He burned to death, fine, but he even scared me into hiding like this. Hah—"

He spat on the ground.

Princess Iron Fan couldn't hold back any longer and scolded, "You good-for-nothing! Can't even shut your mouth while you're eating? Spitting all over my cave, do you want to die? Go find whoever offended you, what's the point of complaining here? And you always call yourself the boss of the demon world..."

For some time now, the Bull Demon King has been hiding and running away. Recently, things have calmed down, and Zhang Zhengdao and the others haven't been able to see him at all. They figured that the matter must have passed and they were safe, so they came to Cuiyun Mountain to seek comfort from his original wife.

Just as the Bull Demon King was about to retort, he suddenly felt all the hairs on his body stand up.

I couldn't help but turn my head and look out at the sky through the cave entrance...

A small sword floated in the sky, growing longer in the wind...